I saved between 2 and 3 hundred dollars....

Phillip Patton

Phillip Patton

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....by making my own chisels. Ah, it's great to be a tool maker. :D


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The steel is A2, the handles are osage orange, the ferrules are copper pipe.
 
mete said:
If you had asked me I would have told you to use A-2 !
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Great minds think alike. A-2 (sorry, not A2 :D)was the obvious choice. Tough, wear resistant, darned simple to heat treat, (for me). And I had it in PG stock.


go mike said:
Very nice. I want to save 200 dollars now... but i have to go spend some :(
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Well, spending money can be as much fun as saving it, depending on what it is you're buying. :)

BTW, I'll probably get some ivory from that website you suggested. The design for my project has evolved some, and I think it's exactly what I need, so, thanks again. :)
 
Would you be willing to do a little tutorial on how you made these? Oddly enough I was outside today using our cheap chisels that seem to do more harm that good and started thinking about trying to make my own. I would love to see the process in making one.
 
Those are really cool chisels. I also love the HT colors left on and would love to see a tutorial on this from you.
 
I thought you were going to say that you'd saved between 2 and 3 hundred dollars....


....by switching to Geico. :D

Your method is cooler.
 
Those are sharp, don't you just love a good pun. :) You did a great job on those Philp, very nice indeed.
 
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